Discover how small, controlled stressors like fasting, heat, cold, and low-oxygen training can trigger powerful adaptations in the body. Hormesis helps boost resilience, improve performance, sharpen cognition, and support healthy ageing – when done in the right dose.
Men’s Health Week: Taking control of your health from 30 to 100
Celebrate Men’s Health Week by taking charge of your health at every age. From your 30s to your 90s, discover proactive, data-driven strategies to extend your healthspan, prevent disease, and optimise wellbeing through each decade of life.
Why midlife is the sweet spot for heart health
Structured high- and moderate-intensity exercise over two years reversed heart stiffening in previously sedentary middle-aged adults, improving cardiovascular fitness and potentially reducing future heart failure risk, showing it’s never too late to start exercising.
Omega-3 slows biological ageing in older adults
Daily omega-3 slowed biological ageing over three years, with added benefits seen when combined with vitamin D and regular exercise in healthy older adults, based on DNA methylation clocks.
How to use breathwork to enhance your VO2 max
Boost your VOâ‚‚ max and overall fitness through targeted breathwork techniques like segmental breathing and thoracic expansion. These practices strengthen respiratory muscles, improve oxygen efficiency, and support better exercise performance, endurance, and long-term health.
Healthy bones, happy life: Why bone health matters
Strong bones are key to staying active, independent, and well as you age. Learn how osteogenic loading can safely stimulate bone growth and support your health goals, plus enjoy a special offer through Melbourne Functional Medicine.
High-dose vitamin D boosts muscle over fat
High-dose vitamin D redirects surplus calories towards muscle growth and away from fat storage by modulating myostatin and leptin signalling. This promotes lean mass, strength, and linear growth without increasing overall weight, offering a new framework for enhancing body composition, energy balance, and metabolic health across the lifespan.
Brown fat’s role in healthy ageing and performance
Brown adipose tissue enhances exercise capacity and supports healthful ageing by improving metabolism, vascular function, and resistance to age-related diseases. Transplanting BAT, especially from long-lived RGS14 knockout mice, boosts performance and longevity, highlighting its potential as a therapeutic target for promoting vitality and extended healthspan.
Why foundational health habits trump any biohacking tech
From wearable trackers to cryotherapy chambers, these innovations promise optimisation and peak performance. But amidst all the hype, one truth remains unchanged: no gadget can replace the power of foundational health habits.
How mitochondrial changes in muscle signal early ageing
​Ageing impairs skeletal muscle function, linked to reduced subsarcolemmal mitochondrial density, fragmented intermyofibrillar networks, and lower cristae density. These mitochondrial changes strongly associate with diminished physical capacity, highlighting mitochondria’s role in age-related muscle decline.